【正文】 tay in some hotel, to go to some museums and to do some shopping, then it could be quite alike in all the major cities around the world. But traveling should not be limited to this narrow sense. It means much more and therefore renders each trip a new experience. To travel is to get to know the local people. People may wear the same kind of clothes, eat the same kinds of food and do similar jobs, but they are different from country to country. An ordinary Chinese could hardly believe that a totally stranger in America will dismantle his own bike and replace your ruptured tyre with one of his own if he has never been to that country. Media reports and secondhand information can never pare with your personal interaction with the local people during your stay there. Apart from knowing the people, traveling affords you inparable opportunities to appreciate the natural beauties of a foreign country. Admittedly, the Internet, satellite TV and multimedia technology are bringing the world closer to us. It is now easy to view exotic landscapes on a screen in the fort of your home。 virtue reality technology promises three dimensional experiences at the touch of a fingertip. However, is this vicarious experience really satisfying? Hardly. Travel brings us closer to nature, the wonders of which can only be truly appreciated first hand There is hope that technology will one day supply all the experiences we ever wish to have which sounds exhilarating yet perhaps also disconcerting—it reminds me of the movie The Matrix Also people will remain unique enough to excite our desire to meet them in person. 單詞注釋?zhuān)簉esemble: ,類(lèi)似 worthwhile :,值得出力的obtain : : : ,容忍 render: ,歸還dismantle: : ,裂開(kāi), 破裂inparable :,不能比較的admittedly : ,誠(chéng)然landscape: ,山水畫(huà) : ,美德dimensional: : :令人喜歡的disconcerting：,令人驚惶的excite :,使興奮4. Intelligent robots will be more widely used in the future. Is this a blessing or a curse? What is your opinion? Robots in science fictions and movies are depicted as either our servants or our enemies, but seldom our friends. Though I don’t believe they will rebel against or win a war against us, the using of robots could lead to rather undesirable consequences. As has happened when industrial machinery was first introduced, the extensive use of intelligent robots is likely to cause vast unemployment. Numerous workers, not only those working with their hands but also those working with their brains, will lose their jobs when robots learn to handle their work. Other things being equal, robots are preferred by employers on account of their reliability, cost effectiveness and the unlikelihood of going on strikes. Assemble lines and puters。 for instance, have already taken jobs from thousands of employees. Thus, people in the future will have to vie with robots in their quest for a job. Having said all that, it must be pointed out that mankind will always find its way. In a large sense, robots are just another human invention, nothing more. There is no sound reason that we would be overwhelmed by this contrivance. The benefits robots can bring are enormous. To begin with, robots can be assigned to work in dangerous and harsh environments. With their physical and mechanical superiority over humans, robots are suited for exploring deep oceans, the moon and even human blood vessels, which offers infinite possibilities for medical treatment. Moreover, the reliability and incorruptibility of intelligent robots are invaluable in our fight against corruption. To err is human, but rarely robots. Bribery and peer pressure don’t work for robots. As I see it, robots are not different from other human inventions, which are never perfect. Someone will always be adversely affected, but the benefits far outweigh its damages. Thus we should learn to adapt. 單詞注釋?zhuān)篺iction: ，編造，小說(shuō)depict: vt. 描述，描寫(xiě) undesirable: : 靠性effectiveness: : ，不可信overwhelm: ，擊潰 contrivance: harsh: adj. (條件) 艱苦的，惡劣的 mechanical: ，機(jī)械制的 superiority: vessel: n. incorruptibility :，淸廉 invaluable : ，價(jià)值無(wú)法衡量的 corruption ： ，貪污 bribery： peer pressure：同輩間的壓力，同齡人間的壓力 adversely ： ，反對(duì)地 outweigh ：(或價(jià)：值等)上超過(guò) adapt：5. Newspaper, radio, television and puter each has its merits and drawbacks. What is the most efficient means of acquiring information? Give your reasons. Modern people are blessed with so many means of acquiring information that some of us feel overwhelmed by the outpouring of vast amount of information. Once so promising, the Internet has not replaced all other types of media because it is not superior to others under all circumstances. Efficiency depends on many factors. Newspaper certainly requires t